x Acknowledgments
history, has been a supportive reader and interlocutor. Above all, I want to ac-
knowledge the role played in this project by Anne Gorsuch. We have worked
on Soviet tourism together for the last ten years, sometimes literally side by
side in the archive, sharing ideas, sources, meals, and much more; she has
been my fi rst reader and an unfailing and unselfi sh source of advice and en-
couragement throughout this project. Roger Koenker has lived with this book
with his usual good humor, probing questions, and constant support.